See the video: LAPD seeks good Samaritan who took dying teen to Panorama City hospital

Detectives have released surveillance video from Jan. 31, 2014, at Kaiser Hospital in Panorama City where a good Samaritan carried the limp body of 19-year-old Ricardo Saija of North Hollywood into the emergency room.

Police are looking for a good Samaritan who took a dying man to a Panorama City hospital in the early-morning hours Friday.

Ricardo Saija, 19, of North Hollywood, was later pronounced dead by doctors at the Kaiser Permanente hospital, and his manner of death remains undetermined pending autopsy results from the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.

“The good Samaritan is not a suspect,” Detective Gretchen Schultz, who works out of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Mission Division, said in a statement. “We know the helpful friend was distraught over Ricardo’s situation, but he left the hospital without identifying himself.”

Detectives said Saija was heavily involved in drugs and that his death was likely the result of an overdose. They are hoping to speak with the friend to clear up some questions.

Saija’s family recognized the friend on surveillance video but do not know his identity. Saija was dropped off at the hospital just before 2 a.m. Jan. 31.

The unidentified friend is described as a Hispanic man with a medium build and short hair. He arrived at the hospital in a four-door American-made car with several other occupants.

Anyone with information is urged to call Detetive Gretchen Schultz at 818-838-9951. Anonymous tips can be made by calling Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477.